Yes, video games should be considered a sport. It is all in competition, involving athletic ability, requiring practice and physical activity, taking place in stadiums, and cheered on by diehard fanatics, video games and the playing of them checks all of the boxes. Some people get hyped and move around like they are in the game themselves. Especially VR (virtual reality) because that involves you to move around and do stuff.
No
A sport involves physical activity and skill. Playing video games takes skill. But it doesn’t require enough movement to make it a sport. Because people sit there like couch potatoes and do nothing. Even though there are a lot of e-sports competitions, playing video games still is not a sport.
Here you go! —————————————————————— Yes, video games should be counted as a sport because most require having flexible thinking and quick reactions just like in an sport. Some video games also require physical movement which is in sports as well. ___________________________________
No, video games are not sports because sports require a component of physically being there. Also, multiple video games have weapons & physical harm to others. Now, some sports have fighting however the focus is not killing someone rather than being focused on scoring.